BeachCBadrift
@beachcbadrift.bsky.social
Aging Montessaurus.
A bad pastor’s wife but a good wife to the pastor (he’s the Matthew 25 kind, not the hateful kind).
Mother to a HS civics teacher.
Caregiver to 1 parent with dementia.
Former island dweller.
I will never post anything hateful.
She/ her
A bad pastor’s wife but a good wife to the pastor (he’s the Matthew 25 kind, not the hateful kind).
Mother to a HS civics teacher.
Caregiver to 1 parent with dementia.
Former island dweller.
I will never post anything hateful.
She/ her
I was wearing a poncho that looked like a cape today.
Every time I walked my students outside they would start humming the Imperial Death March.
Every time I walked my students outside they would start humming the Imperial Death March.
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I was wearing a poncho that looked like a cape today.
Every time I walked my students outside they would start humming the Imperial Death March.
Every time I walked my students outside they would start humming the Imperial Death March.
My dog and I used to fight over my heated blanket every winter.
He was so smart that he could turn it on for himself.
I finally pulled it out today and it still makes me so sad that he’s not here.
How long do we miss our dogs?
He was so smart that he could turn it on for himself.
I finally pulled it out today and it still makes me so sad that he’s not here.
How long do we miss our dogs?
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My dog and I used to fight over my heated blanket every winter.
He was so smart that he could turn it on for himself.
I finally pulled it out today and it still makes me so sad that he’s not here.
How long do we miss our dogs?
He was so smart that he could turn it on for himself.
I finally pulled it out today and it still makes me so sad that he’s not here.
How long do we miss our dogs?
ICE has been at my town’s churches today and our church is more than likely their largest.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be paying bail money for my hubby tomorrow.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be paying bail money for my hubby tomorrow.
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ICE has been at my town’s churches today and our church is more than likely their largest.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be paying bail money for my hubby tomorrow.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be paying bail money for my hubby tomorrow.
I’m currently reading “The Paris Bookseller” by Kerri Maher. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book I didn’t want to put down. I’m just sorry I started reading it the night before I go back to work. I’m going to be so tired tomorrow.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m currently reading “The Paris Bookseller” by Kerri Maher. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book I didn’t want to put down. I’m just sorry I started reading it the night before I go back to work. I’m going to be so tired tomorrow.
$5.49 for ONE head of cauliflower. What the hell?!?!
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
$5.49 for ONE head of cauliflower. What the hell?!?!
I’m supposed to be leaving to spend 3 nights at the beach right now.
Instead I am once again in Urgent Care with my mom.
How does she do that?!?!?
Instead I am once again in Urgent Care with my mom.
How does she do that?!?!?
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’m supposed to be leaving to spend 3 nights at the beach right now.
Instead I am once again in Urgent Care with my mom.
How does she do that?!?!?
Instead I am once again in Urgent Care with my mom.
How does she do that?!?!?
My dad was mean as hell my whole life but everyone outside of the family thought he was great.
As he developed dementia, he would forget so many things, but the targeted meanness stayed until the end.
Trump using the term Piggy wasn’t a mistake. He’s trying to split the news cycle and it worked.
As he developed dementia, he would forget so many things, but the targeted meanness stayed until the end.
Trump using the term Piggy wasn’t a mistake. He’s trying to split the news cycle and it worked.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My dad was mean as hell my whole life but everyone outside of the family thought he was great.
As he developed dementia, he would forget so many things, but the targeted meanness stayed until the end.
Trump using the term Piggy wasn’t a mistake. He’s trying to split the news cycle and it worked.
As he developed dementia, he would forget so many things, but the targeted meanness stayed until the end.
Trump using the term Piggy wasn’t a mistake. He’s trying to split the news cycle and it worked.
My daughter has a student whose mom was taken by ICE today.
She just disappeared.
I hate this timeline.
She just disappeared.
I hate this timeline.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My daughter has a student whose mom was taken by ICE today.
She just disappeared.
I hate this timeline.
She just disappeared.
I hate this timeline.
My mom had a lung scan today that showed nothing new in her lungs.
However it showed atrophic pancreas & coarse dystrophic calcification of the left hepatic lobe.
She’s 82.
Is it age- related?
Does it matter?
She doesn’t want a biopsy, surgery, or chemo for any reason.
I hate these decisions.
However it showed atrophic pancreas & coarse dystrophic calcification of the left hepatic lobe.
She’s 82.
Is it age- related?
Does it matter?
She doesn’t want a biopsy, surgery, or chemo for any reason.
I hate these decisions.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My mom had a lung scan today that showed nothing new in her lungs.
However it showed atrophic pancreas & coarse dystrophic calcification of the left hepatic lobe.
She’s 82.
Is it age- related?
Does it matter?
She doesn’t want a biopsy, surgery, or chemo for any reason.
I hate these decisions.
However it showed atrophic pancreas & coarse dystrophic calcification of the left hepatic lobe.
She’s 82.
Is it age- related?
Does it matter?
She doesn’t want a biopsy, surgery, or chemo for any reason.
I hate these decisions.
Sitting at a radiologist waiting for my mom who is just supposed to be having her yearly mammogram.
It’s been 40 minutes.
This can’t be good.
It’s been 40 minutes.
This can’t be good.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sitting at a radiologist waiting for my mom who is just supposed to be having her yearly mammogram.
It’s been 40 minutes.
This can’t be good.
It’s been 40 minutes.
This can’t be good.
I just moved my mom out of her apt across the street from me to sr living 2 days ago.
For the past 16 hours I have not been able to get hold of her nor was she showing up on FB which she is addicted to.
I drove the 5 miles there only to discover she had accidentally put her phone in airplane mode.
For the past 16 hours I have not been able to get hold of her nor was she showing up on FB which she is addicted to.
I drove the 5 miles there only to discover she had accidentally put her phone in airplane mode.
a woman in a blue shirt and necklace is covering her mouth with her hands
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt and necklace is covering her mouth with her hands
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November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I just moved my mom out of her apt across the street from me to sr living 2 days ago.
For the past 16 hours I have not been able to get hold of her nor was she showing up on FB which she is addicted to.
I drove the 5 miles there only to discover she had accidentally put her phone in airplane mode.
For the past 16 hours I have not been able to get hold of her nor was she showing up on FB which she is addicted to.
I drove the 5 miles there only to discover she had accidentally put her phone in airplane mode.
I keep thinking about a church member who burned his own building down (killing a homeless man) to get the insurance.
When he found out my husband provided a blessing at a gay marriage, he called my husband evil & a bunch of conservatives left the church.
He murdered a man…but my hubby is evil.
When he found out my husband provided a blessing at a gay marriage, he called my husband evil & a bunch of conservatives left the church.
He murdered a man…but my hubby is evil.
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I keep thinking about a church member who burned his own building down (killing a homeless man) to get the insurance.
When he found out my husband provided a blessing at a gay marriage, he called my husband evil & a bunch of conservatives left the church.
He murdered a man…but my hubby is evil.
When he found out my husband provided a blessing at a gay marriage, he called my husband evil & a bunch of conservatives left the church.
He murdered a man…but my hubby is evil.
My fully sleeping hubby just rolled over to me in bed and whispered “bazinga!”
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My fully sleeping hubby just rolled over to me in bed and whispered “bazinga!”
It’s an antibiotic kind of day.
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s an antibiotic kind of day.
Today it is Wheel of Flu-tune.
I’m on day 4.
For me that usually means I’m the worst I’m going to feel & should start to improve as the day goes on.
BUT…it’s also been the day when this worsening means I’ve turned bacterial.
Who knows which it is going to be.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
I’m on day 4.
For me that usually means I’m the worst I’m going to feel & should start to improve as the day goes on.
BUT…it’s also been the day when this worsening means I’ve turned bacterial.
Who knows which it is going to be.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
October 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Today it is Wheel of Flu-tune.
I’m on day 4.
For me that usually means I’m the worst I’m going to feel & should start to improve as the day goes on.
BUT…it’s also been the day when this worsening means I’ve turned bacterial.
Who knows which it is going to be.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
I’m on day 4.
For me that usually means I’m the worst I’m going to feel & should start to improve as the day goes on.
BUT…it’s also been the day when this worsening means I’ve turned bacterial.
Who knows which it is going to be.
May the odds be ever in my favor.
Sitting home with the flu 3 weeks after getting the flu vaccine.
I’ve had a fever, but not a high one.
I’ve been congested, but I can breathe.
Body aches, but not to the point I want to cry.
And so far my vaccinated mother, who was with me Friday, is still healthy.
That’s why I get vaccines.
I’ve had a fever, but not a high one.
I’ve been congested, but I can breathe.
Body aches, but not to the point I want to cry.
And so far my vaccinated mother, who was with me Friday, is still healthy.
That’s why I get vaccines.
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Sitting home with the flu 3 weeks after getting the flu vaccine.
I’ve had a fever, but not a high one.
I’ve been congested, but I can breathe.
Body aches, but not to the point I want to cry.
And so far my vaccinated mother, who was with me Friday, is still healthy.
That’s why I get vaccines.
I’ve had a fever, but not a high one.
I’ve been congested, but I can breathe.
Body aches, but not to the point I want to cry.
And so far my vaccinated mother, who was with me Friday, is still healthy.
That’s why I get vaccines.
Every….single…public…school…child’s…life…is…touched…by…the…Special…Ed…Dept.
Every single one.
All I can think of is my non-verbal, slightly violent student from last year receiving no services in a general classroom.
If you’re a parent & you think this doesn’t affect your kid, think again.
Every single one.
All I can think of is my non-verbal, slightly violent student from last year receiving no services in a general classroom.
If you’re a parent & you think this doesn’t affect your kid, think again.
October 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Every….single…public…school…child’s…life…is…touched…by…the…Special…Ed…Dept.
Every single one.
All I can think of is my non-verbal, slightly violent student from last year receiving no services in a general classroom.
If you’re a parent & you think this doesn’t affect your kid, think again.
Every single one.
All I can think of is my non-verbal, slightly violent student from last year receiving no services in a general classroom.
If you’re a parent & you think this doesn’t affect your kid, think again.
And now I just got letters stating the the second largest medical provider (the one I switched to when the first largest did this) is not accepting my mom’s insurance after the 1st of the year.
The nearest providers are now 15 miles away.
This adulting thing SUCKS!
The nearest providers are now 15 miles away.
This adulting thing SUCKS!
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And now I just got letters stating the the second largest medical provider (the one I switched to when the first largest did this) is not accepting my mom’s insurance after the 1st of the year.
The nearest providers are now 15 miles away.
This adulting thing SUCKS!
The nearest providers are now 15 miles away.
This adulting thing SUCKS!
My mom fell & hurt her wrist. She has a life alert button & an Echo that can call me if she tells it too.
She did neither for an hour. She forgot.
Her monthly income is $3600.
Senior living w/ med help in our area is $5300 w/ a 2 year wait.
Rock, meet hard place.
Do I drain her savings?
She did neither for an hour. She forgot.
Her monthly income is $3600.
Senior living w/ med help in our area is $5300 w/ a 2 year wait.
Rock, meet hard place.
Do I drain her savings?
October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My mom fell & hurt her wrist. She has a life alert button & an Echo that can call me if she tells it too.
She did neither for an hour. She forgot.
Her monthly income is $3600.
Senior living w/ med help in our area is $5300 w/ a 2 year wait.
Rock, meet hard place.
Do I drain her savings?
She did neither for an hour. She forgot.
Her monthly income is $3600.
Senior living w/ med help in our area is $5300 w/ a 2 year wait.
Rock, meet hard place.
Do I drain her savings?
My dad was a horribly emotionally & verbally abusive man. My mom could not do a single thing right for their 60 years together.
She called me tonight because she broke her tv remote.
When I got to her 5 minutes later, she was crying because she was afraid I was going to yell at her.
She called me tonight because she broke her tv remote.
When I got to her 5 minutes later, she was crying because she was afraid I was going to yell at her.
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My dad was a horribly emotionally & verbally abusive man. My mom could not do a single thing right for their 60 years together.
She called me tonight because she broke her tv remote.
When I got to her 5 minutes later, she was crying because she was afraid I was going to yell at her.
She called me tonight because she broke her tv remote.
When I got to her 5 minutes later, she was crying because she was afraid I was going to yell at her.
My husband just asked me why I put extra chocolate chips on the Sunday night dessert I made.
I just looked at him realizing he has no idea who I am anymore.
Time for a divorce.🤪
I just looked at him realizing he has no idea who I am anymore.
Time for a divorce.🤪
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My husband just asked me why I put extra chocolate chips on the Sunday night dessert I made.
I just looked at him realizing he has no idea who I am anymore.
Time for a divorce.🤪
I just looked at him realizing he has no idea who I am anymore.
Time for a divorce.🤪
I’m walking with my PTSD today.
It’s been bad for a couple of days actually.
So here I go again.
Gratitude of the day:
My apartment is filled with things pointedly chosen, not just random hand-me downs that you get when you live in a parsonage.
It’s a beautiful, peaceful space.
Breathe.
It’s been bad for a couple of days actually.
So here I go again.
Gratitude of the day:
My apartment is filled with things pointedly chosen, not just random hand-me downs that you get when you live in a parsonage.
It’s a beautiful, peaceful space.
Breathe.
October 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m walking with my PTSD today.
It’s been bad for a couple of days actually.
So here I go again.
Gratitude of the day:
My apartment is filled with things pointedly chosen, not just random hand-me downs that you get when you live in a parsonage.
It’s a beautiful, peaceful space.
Breathe.
It’s been bad for a couple of days actually.
So here I go again.
Gratitude of the day:
My apartment is filled with things pointedly chosen, not just random hand-me downs that you get when you live in a parsonage.
It’s a beautiful, peaceful space.
Breathe.
I woke up this AM w/ the strongest desire to just get in my car & head home to the beach.
I almost…almost did it.
Then my mom texted me that she needed me.
Saturday’s are usually the one day I give myself a break from caregiving.
But her health is worsening & the lines are blurring.
Le Sigh.
I almost…almost did it.
Then my mom texted me that she needed me.
Saturday’s are usually the one day I give myself a break from caregiving.
But her health is worsening & the lines are blurring.
Le Sigh.
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I woke up this AM w/ the strongest desire to just get in my car & head home to the beach.
I almost…almost did it.
Then my mom texted me that she needed me.
Saturday’s are usually the one day I give myself a break from caregiving.
But her health is worsening & the lines are blurring.
Le Sigh.
I almost…almost did it.
Then my mom texted me that she needed me.
Saturday’s are usually the one day I give myself a break from caregiving.
But her health is worsening & the lines are blurring.
Le Sigh.
My daughter adopted a beagle mix from the local county animal shelter yesterday. He was a stray with a collar, a microchip, fully house-broken, crate trained, and knows basic commands.
When the shelter called the number on the microchip and said the dog had been found, the family hung up.
When the shelter called the number on the microchip and said the dog had been found, the family hung up.
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My daughter adopted a beagle mix from the local county animal shelter yesterday. He was a stray with a collar, a microchip, fully house-broken, crate trained, and knows basic commands.
When the shelter called the number on the microchip and said the dog had been found, the family hung up.
When the shelter called the number on the microchip and said the dog had been found, the family hung up.
I am no longer the last employee standing.
I am, however, not nearly as sick as everyone else was.
I told my boss I had all my vaccines so I should be fine & she told me that’s probably why I AM sick, even though she was the first ill person to start the spread.
I want to go home to my island.
I am, however, not nearly as sick as everyone else was.
I told my boss I had all my vaccines so I should be fine & she told me that’s probably why I AM sick, even though she was the first ill person to start the spread.
I want to go home to my island.
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am no longer the last employee standing.
I am, however, not nearly as sick as everyone else was.
I told my boss I had all my vaccines so I should be fine & she told me that’s probably why I AM sick, even though she was the first ill person to start the spread.
I want to go home to my island.
I am, however, not nearly as sick as everyone else was.
I told my boss I had all my vaccines so I should be fine & she told me that’s probably why I AM sick, even though she was the first ill person to start the spread.
I want to go home to my island.